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Sunday, Sep 6 2026 Independent · Non-partisan
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What If Iraq Had Been Built on Mesopotamian Values Instead of Pan-Arabism?

Mesopotamian values could have offered Iraq an entirely different foundation for nationhood. History is often written as a series of inevitable collisions,

Sep 6, 2026 4 min Read story
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Why Iraq’s Next Decade Hinges on an Iraq First Awakening

“BAGHDAD — The oil terminals outside Basra are still running. Armed factions that successive Iraqi”

BAGHDAD — The oil terminals outside Basra are still running. Armed factions that successive Iraqi governments have failed to bring under state control are still operating. And the government in

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